List of Famous people born in Greece
Yannis Dimitras
Yiannis Dimitras is a Greek singer. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981, performing seventeenth on the night, before Cyprus and after Belgium, with the song "Feggari Kalokerino", and placed eighth out of twenty, with fifty-five points. He was a member of the Greek jury in 1996.
Marlen Angelidou
Marlain Angelides, is a Greek-Cypriot singer and actress. She was a member of the Greek girl group Hi-5, and represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with "Tha 'Ne Erotas". Angelidou, her mother, and her siblings all have dual nationality.
Giorgos Fountas
Giorgos Fountas was a Greek actor in film and television.
Vaso Papandreou
Vasso Papandreou is a Greek politician. After being in exile during the rule of the Greek junta, she returned to Greece in 1974 and was a founding member of PASOK. In 1981 she was awarded a PhD in economics from the University of Reading.
Tasso Kavadia
Anastasia (Tasso) Kavadia was a Greek film and television actress.
Giorgos Patis
George Patis is a male badminton player from Greece.
Phedon Papamichael
Phedon Papamichael, ASC is a Greek cinematographer and film director, known for his collaborations with directors James Mangold, Alexander Payne, and Wim Wenders. He was nominated for both the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Payne's 2013 film Nebraska. He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2000.
Petros Molyviatis
Petros G. Molyviatis is a Greek politician and diplomat who served three times as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2006, May to June 2012, and August to September 2015.
Methodius of Thessaloniki
Cyril and Methodius (815–885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".